Vormela peregusna

(von Güldenstädt, 1770)

Marbled Polecat

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Location:Czech Republic, West Bohemia, Zoological and Botanical Park Pilsen (Plzen)Date taken:May 28, 2010

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Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Parvorder : Mustelida
Family : Mustelidae
Subfamily : Ictonychinae
Tribe : Ictonychini
Genus : Vormela

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Güldenstädt, J.A. von. 1770. Peregusna, nova mustelae species. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 14(1):441-455.

Original name as described

Mustela peregusna

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Serbia · Kosovo · Montenegro · Albania · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Egypt · Turkey · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Saudi Arabia · Lebanon · Syria · Iraq · Iran · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Kazakhstan · Tajikistan · Afghanistan · Pakistan · China · Mongolia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 22 names and synonyms.

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